Schwannoma of the Intercostal Nerve Manifesting as Chest Pain

Wei-Hsiang Feng; Tung Liu; Tsai-Wang Huang; Ying-Yi Chen

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.044

Schwannoma of the Intercostal Nerve Manifesting as Chest Pain

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):e281-e283. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.044. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Authors

Wei-Hsiang Feng¹, Tung Liu², Tsai-Wang Huang³, Ying-Yi Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32224243
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.044

Abstract

Many different benign and malignant tumors develop in the chest wall and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians. Chest wall schwannomas of the intercostal nerve are rare. This report describes the clinical and imaging findings of a patient who presented with persistent and progressive chest pain. The intercostal tumor was treated using wide excision with chest wall reconstruction and titanium plate fixation. Schwannoma was diagnosed on the basis of histopathologic examination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chest Pain / etiology*
Humans
Intercostal Nerves*
Male
Neurilemmoma / complications*
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / complications*